Ben Cat city to correct makeshift housing for civilzed urban construction

Towards the development of a more civilized and modern urban area, Ben Cat city is focusing on urban planning, especially actively implementing in self-developed residential areas and points; thereby, creating conditions for people to have a stable life, work with peace of mind, and develop the economy.

Ben Cat on the way to a civilized, modern city

The uniform decisions

Recently, the leaders of Ben Cat City have conducted field surveys of self-built residential areas (referred to as "areas") in Tan Lap neighborhood, An Dien ward; neighborhood 4, My Phuoc ward; and neighborhood 2, Thoi Hoa ward. Through the surveys, it is found that there is cooperation between the investors, residents, and local authorities in implementing road connections, constructing fire protection systems, electrical systems, drainage systems, and connecting to the clean water system. However, people do not have the right to use private land, have not been connected to the state's electricity, have not been connected to the drainage system, wastewater treatment system.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Trong, Head of the Executive Committee of Ward 2, Thoi Hoa Ward, said: "Ward 2 currently has 3 areas, self-built housing points, most of these areas do not have sufficient infrastructure, such as not being connected to the state electricity system, drainage system. When the local authorities have a policy to renovate the areas and self-built housing points in the area, the residents with land in these areas agree to participate and voluntarily contribute funds to build infrastructure. All the locals are very happy and express their desire for the local authorities and related units to accelerate the progress of implementing the projects, completing the infrastructure as soon as possible to ensure a stable life for the locals.”

Mr. Tran Thanh Liem, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thoi Hoa Ward, said that there are currently 5 self-built residential areas in the ward, of which 4 areas have been approved for renovation and 1 local area is still undergoing promotion and mobilization of investors and residents to contribute funds to overcome issues, improve infrastructure, and carry out renovation. According to the People's Committee of My Phuoc Ward, there are 5 self-built residential areas in the ward that have been approved by the city's People's Committee for remediation and renovation. All areas and points have concrete roads from 3 - 5m, however, there is no drainage system, no green trees, using a general electricity meter, using a certificate of common land use.

The urgent correction

In recent years, Ben Cat City has implemented synchronized solutions, mobilized resources for infrastructure construction and urban renovation. Currently, there are 59 self-built residential areas covering a total area of about 50.23 hectares in the city, including 57 areas formed before January 10, 2014, and 2 areas formed after January 10, 2014. Up to now, the City People's Committee has completed the remediation of 5 areas, removed 9 areas from the list, and there are still 45 areas that need to be remediated and renovated in the near future.

Leaders of Thoi Hoa Ward and the Executive Board of Neighborhood 2 surveyed the self-built residential area in the area

My Phuoc Ward is the center of Ben Cat City. To overcome this, renovate the areas, self-built residential areas, according to the representative of the Ward People's Committee, in the coming time, the ward will coordinate with functional departments to survey, develop plans and carry out renovation of roads, sidewalks, drainage, electricity, fire prevention and fighting. After completing the formatting, the acceptance will continue to implement the proposed list of roads allowed to separate plots, while guiding households and individuals to carry out procedures for changing purposes and implementing the separation of plots according to the regulations of the law.

At a recent survey session, Mr. Bui Minh Thanh, Secretary of the Ben Cat City Party Committee, requested the City People's Committee and relevant departments to urgently implement measures to address the spontaneous residential areas surveyed, in particular, and spontaneous residential areas in the city in general. Thereby, creating conditions for people in spontaneous residential areas to have stable lives, work with peace of mind, and develop their family and local economy. At the same time, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Ben Cat requested the City People's Committee to resolutely handle investors and residents who do not cooperate to rectify self-built residential areas. If there are signs of violations, transfer the files to the investigating agencies for handling according to the provisions of the law.

Reported by Phuong Le – Translated by Vi Bao